Employee of the Year

Antonio Rozier of The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc., has been selected as NIB’s 2025 Milton J. Samuelson Career Achievement Award winner. Presented annually, the Samuelson Award recognizes an individual who demonstrates career advancement at an NIB associated nonprofit agency or in the private sector. Antonio, 38, is the director of information technology (IT) systems […]

The fall edition of Opportunity magazine is here! In this issue, we proudly highlight the 2024 Employee of the Year winners and nominees, and recognize our exceptional federal and private-sector partners, customers, and associated nonprofit agencies dedicated to empowering people who are blind through meaningful employment. We also celebrate employee milestones and spotlight recent exciting news and […]

Oleksandr “Olek” Onikiienko works on the production line at Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment (AVRE) in Binghamton, NY. Olek was both surprised and happy when he learned of the honor. “It was a surprise because I have worked here a little more than a year. I didn’t expect this,” he said, adding there aren’t […]

For Terrie Collins, a recruiter with Alphapointe in Kansas City, MO, finding out she was the Milton J. Samuelson Career Achievement Employee of Year winner for 2024 came as a surprise. “It was awesome! But then I was, like, what is it? How did I get it? I work because I like it, not for […]